Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The thing I love about Racing Queensland is that they always have their eye on the ball and are up with the play. That’s why CEO Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell’s outfit paid $100 000 for a slot in the 2022 Eureka trot race, even though it doesn’t kick off until 2023. The early bird catches the […]
I wonder if Jamie Durnberger-Smith went out on the grog until the wee hours of the morning with HRA CEO Andrew Kelly to cut a deal to win Summit Bloodstock’s slot in the Eureka too? We know now that Summit only own 10% of the slot in The Race. It would be interesting to find […]
If anyone is inclined to believe what Jamie Durnberger-Smith tells them to explain away the recorded phone call he made that we published yesterday, I would suggest that they ask him the following, and request phone evidence as proof that the dodge baller is telling the truth. Who was the phone call made to? Why? […]
The successful bidders for slots in the $2 million The Eureka harness race will be announced by Harness Racing Australia tomorrow. I hate to spoil their party, but CEO Andrew Kelly won’t answer my calls or messages, and contempt breeds no respect, so oh well. Here they are. The only possibility of change is if […]
There were just four horses entered for the Free For All at Gloucester Park last night, despite the very attractive $30 000 prizemoney pool on offer. Two of them were trained by Debra Lewis. You need five acceptances to hold a race. Get any less and the race is abandoned. So RWWA extended the nominations. One […]
There is a huge amount of head scratching going on in harness racing circles all around Australia following Monday’s announcement of the final field for next month’s Australian Harness Driver’s Championship being run in South Australia. No-one quibbles with the selection of perennial champion driver Dani Hill as the host State’s first representative, but plenty […]
I have a confession to make. I’ve talked to hundred of people about the HRA Stallion Levy, many of them major players in the game, and including HRA CEO Andrew Kelly, and based on these discussions I have formed various positions about the Yes/No argument for its introducion. But I have never really known what […]
It wasn’t my preference to announce this on a public forum. I tried to tell Harness Racing Australia’s CEO Andrew Kelly – who just weeks before had invited me to attend the launch of the Eureka slot race – direct, but for some reason he wouldn’t take or return my calls. Here is the bad news. […]
Harness Racing Australia’s silence on the continuing employment of Scott Steele at the Albion Park club has been deafening. This is the peak body of a sport that, despite various waves of discrimination, has been trailblazer for the participation of women. As long ago as 1917 women were driving against and beating men, although it […]
Harness Racing Australia are introducing an across the board levy on Stallions service fees. The figure has not been publicly released yet, but it’s likely to be in the range of 10-15 percent. A large part of the revenue raised is to be redirected to funding a new slot race, which is odd because most […]
